Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, FORD
Australian Burnout: “UIDIOT”, A Chevrolet-Powered Ford Cortina, Lets Loose At Brashernats
As most of us continue to freeze our bits off here in the Northern Hemisphere, in Australia they are still enjoying their summer. And of course, that means that we get more and more gratuitous...
Rough Start: You’re A Seat Fitting Away From A Turnkey SCCA American Sedan-Prepared Mustang
What sounds more awesome than buying your very own turnkey race car? No building, no BS…just make sure the car fits your frame and go racing? That sounds good to us, so in the spirit of the...
Top 11: No V8 Needed – A Selection Of Cars We Would Take A Different Path With
(Lead photo: Bret Kepner) I can’t speak for the other two, but in my automotive history I’ve only dealt with two vehicles that did not have V8s: a Chevy Blazer that had the 4.3 V6, and a...
Question Of The Day: Would You Leave This 1927 Model T Alone Or Would You Modify It?
Locating an untouched Ford Model T that’s in any kind of shape is a surprising find. Either they are perfectly restored and pampered to death or they are yard art that would require an absolute...
Craigslist Find: The Good, The Bad, And The Sparkly All Meet In This 1995 Ford Mustang GT
We must warn you up front, this train wreck is not for someone with a weak stomach. We’re not sure why it happened, we’re not sure if it can be fixed, but deep within the tacked-on...
Would You Rather? It’s A 1970’s Ford Vs. Chevy Battle, But It’s Not Camaro Vs. Mustang…
For this round of “Would You Rather?”, I decided to straight to the options list instead of the cars themselves. One Ford, one Chevrolet. They must have been built between 1970 and 1979,...
What Does The EcoBoost Mustang Sound Like With An Exhaust Kit? You Be The Judge…
The EcoBoost Mustang makes the same kind of power that the Mustang GT made ten years ago, weighs less than it’s modern GT relative, and has a reasonable MPG gain to sweeten the deal, yet the...
Historical Footage: Ramming an Impala Into A Ford Pinto For An Explosive Test
The story of the Ford Pinto should be well-known to you: In the process of trying to meet the “2000 lbs, $2,000 price” guidelines that Lee Iacocca set for the Ford Pinto development...
Pebble Beach Gets A New Class This Year: Custom Mercury, Celebrating The Lead Sled Custom Mercury Eights
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance isn’t normal BangShift fodder. Every year, 200 cars are brought out onto the 18th hole of the Pebble Beach Golf Course and if your car is invited, you...
Unhinged: Love ‘Em Or Loathe ‘Em, The Seventies Are Coming!
I often catch flak around here for being a fan of Malaise-era vehicles. Let’s face it: I’m 31 years old. Growing up, I rode in a mix of mid-1970s to mid-1980s vehicles, with very few...
Follow-Up: Edmunds Took A Sledgehammer To A New F-150 To Find Out How Much It’d Cost To Repair. Here’s The Answer…
Taking a sledgehammer to a $52,000 truck straight off of the lot sounds like the dumbest idea imaginable…unless you’re Edmunds, who prides themselves on wringing out new vehicles to...
Edmunds’ Road Test Of A 2015 Ford F-150 Starts Out With A Durability Test – With A BFH Straight To The Bed!
The idea of a long-term new vehicle test is simple: over the course of 12 months, the vehicle gets subjected to real-world testing that covers everything from daily driving to random acts, like...
Are There Ways To Possibly Hate The 2005 Ford GT? Vehicle Virgins Has A List Of Some Issues With Them…
When Ford dropped the GT for 2005, the public, and more importantly the buyers lined up ready to shell out at least $150,000 for one, were feverish for the car. A modern take on the GT40 race car, it...
